Khamuram Bishnoi (born 1966) is an
Indian environmental activist
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.
Kripashankar Patel Bishnoi also engaged with him. On 24 February 2013, he was conferred the Extraordinary man of India for his battle against
plastic pollution
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.
In 2017, Adarsh Navjyoti Vikas Sansthan, a subsidiary of the Bishnoi community, organised an awareness campaign from
Ramlila Maidan
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to
Jantar Mantar
A Jantar Mantar ( Hindustani pronunciation: ͡ʒən̪t̪ər mən̪t̪ər is an assembly of stone-built astronomical instruments, designed to be used with the naked eye. There were five Jantar Mantars in India. All were built at the comm ...
which was led by Khamuram and Rana Ram Bishnoi. In this march, more than 250 international and national environmentalists had participated.
Awards
#''Jio Dil Se''.
#''Extraordinary Indian Man'' award.
#''Siddharth Social Award'' (2016).
References
1966 births
Living people
Indian environmentalists
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